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No. 781,540. f PATBNTED JAN. 31', 1905.

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APPARATUS FOR THE MAlIUFAG'I'UREl 0I' GLASSWARE.

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No. I781,540.

Patented January 31, 1905.v

PATENT' OEEICE.

GEORGE A. MARSH, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFAGTURE OF GLASSWARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,540, dated January 31, 1905.

AApplication filed February 18, 1904. Serial No. 194,283.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that'I, GEORGEv A. MARSH, a citizen ofthe-UnitedStates, residing at Sandusky, inthe county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented new andrnseful Improvementsin Apparatus for the Manufacture of Glassware,of which the following is a specification.

My invention. relates to improvements in f apparatus for the mannfacture'of hollow glassware, the purpose ofthe present invention beingl to provide means for'charging the mold from a receptacle vcontaining molten glass, the charge being subsequently shaped in th'e mold.

In the accompanying drawings,.which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mold,` its charging means, and mechanism connected therewith, the receptacle for lglass being shown in-section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the-mold-support, the mold, and the charging means which is carried by the mold-support. Fig. 3 is aside elevation, partly in section, a portion of the mold and its charging means being in section. Fig. 4 is a'plan view showing the molds in a vertical position.' Fig. 5' is a detail view, partly in section, of a modification.VA Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly in section, ofthe mold. Figs. 7 and 8 are bottom and top views of the mold. Fig.- 9 is a detail View of aslide whichis'carried by the mold'. Figs. 10 and l1 are vertical sectional views.

A refers to a receptacle` for molten glass which receives its charge from a glass-furnace, and this receptacle ismovable to and from the furnace, means being provided for holding the receptacle at a point below the mold and themeans for charging the mold with glass taken from the receptacle.

The mold B is made up of two sections, each section being recessed to provide the matrix r or article-forming cavity and with recesses to,

engage collars B, which project from the mold-bottom B2,- to which they are attached. The collars in practice-will be' made in halves and lit snugly in openings in the bottom B2. The bottom is constructed kto provide parallel recesses, in whichis secured a slide B3, having lugs for engagement with recesses in the lowerv ends of followers B4. One of the mold-sections has recesses at its ends and is centrally provided with an aperture for the passage of a bar b', attached to the opposite section of the mold, its end which projects when the sections are together-being engaged by a bolt 62, which provides locking means for the sections. One of the sections of the mold has trunnions b3 and guides If, the'gu'ides entering recesses in the opposite section. The

`ends of the mold have recesses with which suitable means engage for separating the molds when it is desired to remove the tinished article, as a bottle, therefrom. The article-forming cavities or matrices of the mold, vwith the head of the follower B4, determines the exterior configuration of the article, as a bottle, and the mold-sections have vents or` openings b5, which lead from the matrix tothe outer walls of 'the mold. Within the matrix ofthe mold is secured to be in reciprocal engagement therewith a cylinder B5, having near its central portion a transverse partition b, which is centrally apertured for the passage of the stem of the follower Bf, saidfollower beingshaped on its upper surface to form the bottom of the matrix, and its lower end is attached to a guide or disk 57, which is provided with a` circumferential recess engaged by a projection or lip on the slide B3. The disk 67 is of such thickness that it will. engage sufficiently with the-lower portion of the cylinder the follower, and said follower is of slightly less diameter than the internal diameter of the cylinder. In the drawings,Fig. 6 shows the parts assembled to receivev the charge. Fig.

l0 shows the charge in the mold and the pressing and blowing nozzle inserted in the charge to form the lip and neck of a bottle. Fig. ll shows the cylinder dropped or lowered and the follower positioned at the upper end thereof, the article being shown blown to shape.

The machine which operates in conjunction with the mold has a movable-member O, which engages the recess in the lower portion of the cylinder, and a lug to engage the under side of the guide or disk 57. The machine has also` a fixed bar or member O' in line `with the disk 67 to engage the ydisk as the cylinder is being lowered, and the apparatus or machine engages the lugs of the bottom B3, as well as the foo to insureaccurate reciprocatory movement'of bolt 712, to automatically release the mold-sections and permita separation thereof. The cylinder B5 is provided with openings or vents 58, which communicate, by means of the space between the cylinder and the matrix, with the apertures'or vents b5 and with the atmosphere when the cylinder is lowered. The upper part of the cylinder is shaped to conform with the head of the follower and shape the bottom of the article, and when the cylinder and follower are lowered to the position shown in Fig. ll the vents b5 will permit the air displaced in blowing the article to completion to escape. After the article is completed the mold-sections are separated by suitable mechanism, and ythe mold-bottom, with the cylinder, is vlowered with the bottle or other article which stands on the follower and upper edge of the cylinder.

D refers to a mold-supporting frame which is attached and forms a part of a mold-manipulating apparatus. This frame includes a yoke D', its side members engaging sleeves g2, through which pass the trunnions b3 of the mold B, and the sleeves beyond the yoke carry disks d, with peripheral grooves in which are secured the ends of flexible connections CZ', the other ends of such connections being attached to springs carried by extensions cl2. Beyond the disks and to the outer ends of the trunnions are sprocket-wheels e. about which pass chains which engage sprocketwheels E, mounted on a crank-shaft E', which is supported by members E2 with journals, the supporting members being attached to the yoke D. The crank-shaft E is rocked by a rod E3, connected with reciprocating means therefor attached to the machine, of which the mold-supporting frame forms a part.

The trunnions 3 have rigidly attached thereto the sprocket-wheels e, and upon said trunnions are sleeves g2, they being journaled near the ends of the arms of the yoke D. These sleeves g2 g2 near or next to the mold B carry a glass-gathering scoop or dippell G, which is attached to and turns with the sleeves, and loosely journaled on the sleeves there is a frame F, having means for engaging the mold-carrying support. The dipper or gatherer Gr is shaped at one end to engage during its rotation the open end of the mold B, and

when the mold is in substantially a horizontal position this gatherer G will have one of its open ends immediately opposite the matrices of the mold,` the side arms g thereofl resting upon lugs o", which project from the mold. rlhe scoop or gatherer Gris moved on its support by the flexible connections Z' and their springs, which hold the scoop against the lugsb, and when the mold is moved or turned by actuating the sprocket-wheel the flexible connections hold the scoop and mold so that they will move in unison during a half-revotion of the mold or until the mold reaches a position, as shown in Fig. 3, where it engages with the transverse portion of a frame F, the catches f on said frame automatically engaging recess g in the scoop. The catchesf', which are pivotally attached to the frame F, engage the cross-bar D' of the mold-supporting frame E, and this frame has an opening and c arries a pipe f. to which is attached a iiexible tube for the passage of air under compression for forcing the molten glass from the scoop into the matrices of the mold. The side arms of the frame F may engage a suitable stop carried by the frame D' for arresting the upward movement of the frame and scoop, and it will be noted that after the scoop has been turned the lugs lf move out of engagement therewith, the mold continuing its-moven1ent until it reaches or assumes a vertical position.

As shown in Fig. 5, I have provided means for clearing the scoop from molten glass and forcing the glass into the matrix or matrices of the mold, and in thismodidied form the frame F is providedwith a scraper or plunger F, maintained in pivotal engagement with the frame, and as the scoop moves u pward this plunger enters the cavity therein and forces molten glass therefron'i. ',lhc scraper or plunger may have a spring to admit of a slight movement on the journal, and the extension of the frame engages a slotted arm attached to the mold-supporting frame.

In gathering glass from a receptacle and charging the mold the parts, as illustrated, are preferablypositioned as shown by Fig. l of the drawings. The frame D having been moved by its attached piston-rod D over the receptacle A, which contains molten or plastic glass, the rod E3 being actuated rocks the shaft E and turns the sprocket-wheels E, the chain engaging and turning the sprocket-wheels e and the mold B, to which said sprocket-wheels are attached. The fiexible connections d, attached to the springs and to the disks or sheaves (Z, which are fast on the sleeves y. hold the scoop against the lugs which project from the mold, and as the mold and scoop are turned on the supporting-frame the open end of the scoop enters the molten glass in the receptacle A, gathers or takes a charge therefrom, the mold and scoop continuing their movement until they have passed from the molten metal and made at least half a revolution or turn on their axis. 'lhe open end of the scoop after taking its charge of molten glass from the receptacle engages the transverse portion of the frame F, which closes the open end of the scoop and raises the frame. Thelatches ff, which are pivoted to the frame F, hold said frame by engagingthe transverse portion of the frame D in substantially a horizontal position, and when the swinging frame is engaged by the scoop the latches will hold said frame and scoop in locked engagement. After the charge has been delivered or forced from the scoop into the mold ICO AlO

the scoop is held against vfurther upward' movement, the moldcontinuing its movementY until it reaches a vertical position, when the supporting-frame for the parts is moved. to place the mold upon a blowing-machine, so that the nozzles thereof may enter the matrix and charge. Thepressing and blowing nozzle being forced into the neck of the matrix' presses the charge whiclris held therein, in

this instance vby the 'cylinder B5 and-its follower B4., to form by pressing the lip and neck of the bottle, after which the cylinder and 4its lfollower are lowered and the charge is blown to completion to form thebody and bottom of the bottle.

It will be particularly noted-that the scoop has its delivery end over the contracted and open end of the matrix, which in practice forms the neck'of-a bottle or like article. Such opening vbeing small byY comparison with the body portion of the matrix, theplastic glass will necessarily have to be forced throughacon-v tracted yopening of less yarea than the opening beyond, which forms `the body of the bottle, and therefore pressure is applied to the charge to force it into the matrix.

from without and throughl that portion which shapes the neck. l For'instance, the sections of the mold are closed before beingcharged and are not open until the article has been "completed therein,no neck-sections for holding the parison areV used, Va definite 'quantity of glass is always placed in the matrix "in a. compact mass, and the glass is in a better condition for shaping than if the charge were subjected to more frequent handling or to different tem The pressure or force is applied upon the surfaceof the charge andfmay bev peratures.

obtainedthrough the medium of'a plunger F', carried by the frame, such plungerforcing by mechanical pressure the charge from th'e scoop into'thematrix or matrices of the mold. rIhe plunger shown clears the scoop of the' vcharge lifted and not needed to ll or charge the matrix. The plunger is preferably pivoted to the frame F and -may have a slight movement on'its pivot, and the upward movement of the -frame'F is restrained by pins which engage slotted ybrackets attached to the frame-D. The opening in the scoop ex-i tends transversely across the same, and molds:v constructed may have a single matrixfor a.

plurality, iny accord with thesize of the articles to be formed therein," it beingrthevpurpose of my invention to use molds for lforming simultaneously a large number of hollow articles at the same time, and the matrices may be arranged in line with each other or in the segment of a ci-rcle. When the charge'is forced. from the scoop by air under compression, the frame F and the scoop are held in locked engagement by the latches f, providinga tight joint'between the scoop and its Many advantages result from charging rthe Inold by pressurev covering-frame F. The 'air under compressurface of the m'olton glass, and it is obvious that :by this arrangement any amount of pressure can be used, said pressure depending upon the consistency of the charge, its quantity, and the area of the opening inthe mold through which the charge is forced. The lcharging of themold may take place entirely over the receptacle A, and as the mold is movedA from the scoop any surplus glass whichlmay have been raised and is not forced into the'matrix will fall into the receptacle.

By means ofthe construction shown glass is ladled or takenvdirectly from a receptacle, the mold itself does not enter the molten glass, and the parts are carried and operated by mechanical means.

.65 sion is admitted through a pipe f upon the Having thus described my invention, what 'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. A separable mold havinga-scoop main-` tained in swinging engagement'therewith.

2. In a glass-working apparatus, a partible mold, means for holding the sections thereof together, and a scoop carried by and in movable 'engagement with themold.

3. In glass-working apparatus, a partiblemold', a support therefor, and a scoop attached to the mold to dip molten glass from a recep tacle andcharge the mold.

y 4. In a glass-working apparatus, a separa- -ble mold, a support with which the mold is IOO 6. vThe combination of a mold, a scoop pivoted thereto and means for forcing thecharge gathered by the scoop into the mold.

7. A mold, a scoop carried thereby, -n'ueans for forcing the charge from the scoop into the mold and means for moving the mold with its contained charge beyond the scoop. i

8.`4 A mold having matrices, a scoop carried IIO- by -the-,mold and adapted to simultaneously chargeeach of the matrices of the mold.

9.` A mold, a supporting-frame therefor, aj scoop carried by the mold, means' for moving the mold and scoop in unison, means for charging the mold from the scoop, andmeans for moving the mold withits contained charge be-V yond the scoop. n

10.A A movable mold-supporting frame,-a mold'miaintained in engagement therewith, means for turning the 'mold a mold-charging scoop in swingingengagement with the mold,

means for moving themold and scoop inv univagainst the movement imparted thereto by the g tension device.

12. A mold having trunnions, means for supporting the mold and turning the same on its trunnions, a scoop movable on the same axis as the mold, lugs projecting from the mold to engage the scoop and means for moving the y mold beyond the range of movement of the scoop after the charge gathered by the scoop has been delivered into the mold, for the purpose set forth.

13. The combination of a mold, means for imparting a rotary movement thereto, a scoop maintained to turn on the same axis as the mold, and a cover for the scoop, substantially as shown.

14. A partible mold, a cylinder movable in the matrix of the mold and a follower in movable engagement with the cylinder, the upper end of the cylinder and the upper surface of the follower when lowered being' in alinement to form the bottom of the matrix of the mold.

15. In a mold for making hollow glassware, a cylinder havingan upper end of the same diameter as the matrix of the mold, a follower of less diameter than the internal diameterof the cylinder, and communicating air-passages through the cylinder and the mold.

16. A mold, a cylinder movable in thematrix of themold, said cylinder having a partition, a follower adapted to rest upon the partition or to be moved to the upper end of the cylinder, and means for moving the cylinder and the follower to the lower end of the mold to form the bottom of the matrix.

17. In combination with the mold having air-vents near its lower portion, a cylinder the major portion being of less diameter than the matrix,l and openings through the wall of the cylinder, substantially as shown. f

18. A mold having air-vents near its lower portion, a cylinder movable in the matrix of the mold, the exterior of the cylinder below its upper end being of less diameter than the matrix of the mold, a follower maintained within the cylinder and air-passages through the cylinder and the mold, substantially as shown.

19. In a glass-working apparatus, a longitudinally-separable mold, trunnions attached to one of the side sections ol the mold, and a scoop which is open at each end mounted on the trunnions.

20. In glass-working apparatus, a two-part longitudinally separable mold, trunnions which project from one of the sections, and a scoop having side arms which engage the trunnions.

21. In combination with a longitudinallyseparable mold in which an article is shaped to iinal form the open end of the matrix of the mold being of less area than its body portion, a scoop attached to one of the sections ol the mold, means for gathering a charge of molten glass in the scoop and delivering the same to the matrix of the mold through its contracted open end.

22. A mold having a bottle-shaped matrix which is open atits end corresponding with the neel: and mouth of the bottle, a scoop attached to the mold for gathering a charge oi molten glass from a receptacle and delivering the charge into the matrix through its open end by forcing molten glass through the contracted opening by pressure exerted on a body of molten glass held in the scoop over the open end of the matrix.

23. The combinationwith a mold having a bottle-shaped matrix, a scoop, for taking a charge of molten glass from a receptacle and maintaining the charge over thc open end of the matrix, and means for forcing the charge from the scoop into the matrix of the mold through its contracted end, and means for moving the mold when charged beyond the scoop.

24. A mold having an article-forming cavity which is contracted adjacent to its open end, a scoop for taking a charge of molten glassfrom a receptacle and holding the same over the open end of the mold, and means for forcing the charge from the scoop into the matrix of the mold.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. MARSH. lVitnesses:

FRANK S. APPLEMAN, EUGENE lV. J onNsoN.

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